TAMPA — Josh Freeman looked the part — mobile, with a big arm and supreme size at 6 feet 6 and 248 pounds — and by his second year was playing like a blossoming franchise NFL quarterback, leading the Bucs to a 10-6 record.

Mark Dominik prefers Marcus Mariota to Jameis Winston. That's not news, but his reasons for doing so are. Dominik prefers Mariota because he learned from his time with Josh Freeman, the former Bucs general manager told the Tampa Bay Times. Josh Freeman was wildly inconsistent in his five seasons with the Bucs, eventually getting cut mid-season after three years of declining play and a lot of drama after his benching for Mike Glennon. Freeman didn't get into off-field trouble, at least publicly, but his commitment to football was not very steady -- which is why he played horribly in his...